Digitally Fabricated Bookshelf by dbd Studio
dbd Studio have sent us photos and a video of a recently completed bookshelf they designed for a condo in Washington, DC.
From the designers:
The owner had a severe lack of storage for household items, as well as no display options for objects collected from his worldwide travels. The large bookshelf serves as both an art piece in itself and a functional storage/display system. An organic curving surface was created in Rhino that stretched from floor to ceiling and overhead, terminating at the existing bulkhead. 17 sheets of 3/4″ birch plywood were then CNC milled to notch together and form the undulating, gridded mass.
See the photos below, and watch a video of them installing the bookshelf – here.
Watch the video embedded below, or CLICK HERE to watch it on Vimeo.com
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Tere on 10 Dec 2009 at 11:20 pm #
This looks fun. It looked like I stepped inside a Gaudi inspired room haha
Paul on 11 Dec 2009 at 5:30 am #
It’s a copy. Look:
http://www.triptyque.com/tremetreme/
srle on 11 Dec 2009 at 8:18 am #
it’s a nice idea done very, very badly. way too many verticals. the scale of it is completely wrong and the way it touches the floor and side walls looks very unconvincing…
a student project no doubt?
Liza on 11 Dec 2009 at 9:01 am #
Awesome–looks original to me!
stephanie on 11 Dec 2009 at 9:03 am #
copy or not: really cool
Zero34 on 11 Dec 2009 at 9:31 am #
I’ve seen this concept before. As for the link Paul Posted, it’s a cleaner look at the joints/overlaps, but i definitely prefer that this one has more random sized openings. The only thing i hate about the whole thing, is that it’s done with a CNC machine. Yeah, it would be rather difficult to do by hand, but the CNC definitely screams of a lack of effort. All in all, as nice as it is, it’s not what I’d get installed as the first thing one sees when walking in the door.
Jason on 11 Dec 2009 at 1:30 pm #
I looked at the Treme site and this piece seems to be a more custom piece. The Treme piece is stock, but they both take a new look at shelving.
zachary on 11 Dec 2009 at 11:13 pm #
this project seems to be on par with the other work this studio does. they seem to offer nice work to mid-range buyers. nothing wrong with that….no need to hate.
odris on 15 Dec 2009 at 7:13 pm #
very well done
i agree with zachary
Adam on 21 Dec 2009 at 6:24 pm #
this wasn’t a copy, it was custom made for this individual condo, look at how it fits snugly withing the ceiling recess and comes up to the bulkhead. Also notice how it is wall to wall, floor to ceiling,and the curves become shallow behind the door so it can fully open.
CA\\\\STUDIO on 10 Jan 2010 at 10:48 pm #
It is not the same as the “Treme Treme” project, looks a lot different. I like the unpolished look in it.